January 6th, 2021
Via Romania Insider, a report on how Danish investors are accumulating arable land in eastern Romania: Agriculture group FirstFarms, controlled by Danish investors, has consolidated its position in the eastern part of Romania, where it owns silos with a capacity of 20,000 tonnes, by taking over lease contracts for 400 hectares of arable land, Economica.net reported. The[…]
Read more »The Big Thaw: How Russia Could Dominate a Warming World
December 20th, 2020
Via ProPublica, an interesting commentary on how climate change is propelling enormous human migrations as it transforms global agriculture and remakes the world order — and no country stands to gain more than Russia: It was only November, but the chill already cut to the bone in the small village of Dimitrovo, which sits just[…]
Read more »October 8th, 2020
Via Arabian Business, a report on the UAE’s continued investment in overseas agriculture: IHC Food Holding joins forces with the largest private sector conglomerate in Sudan to develop over 100,000 acres of farmland Abu Dhabi firm partners on $225m Sudan agriculture deal The joint agreement will see a five-year investment plan put into the[…]
Read more »Cameroon Village Battles Palm Oil Giant
June 28th, 2020
Via Mongabay, a report on one village in Cameroon’s efforts to battle a Belgian palm oil conglomerate: Mbonjo sits in the heart of Cameroon’s country’s largest oil palm and rubber-producing region. In 2000, state-owned oil palm plantations around the village were acquired by Société Financière des Caoutchoucs (Socfin), a Belgian holding company that operates palm[…]
Read more »June 24th, 2020
Via Terra Daily, a report on land sales which are fueling tropical deforestation: Large-scale land buys are fueling deforestation across the tropics, according to a new study. When researchers analyzed the kinds of land acquisitions most associated with forest losses, they found purchases made with the intent of establishing new single-species tree plantations, whether for[…]
Read more »The Amazon: Threats from Chainsaws and Supply Chains
June 20th, 2020
Via The Economist, an article on how big soya and beef firms are leading causes of Amazon deforestation: The world’s emissions of carbon dioxide may fall by 7% this year because of lockdowns in response to the pandemic, according to Nature Climate Change, a journal. Brazil is a glaring exception. Its emissions will rise by 10-20%[…]
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